A researcher examines the relationship between poverty and crime rates for 100 metropolitan areas and finds a zero-order correlation of 0.37 . She controls for the percent of families that are headed by single parents and finds a first order partial correlation of 0.06 . Which of the following correctly describes this outcome? This is a ______ relationship
a. direct
b. statistically significant
c. spurious
d. interactive
c
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A ________ is a person born with both male and female sex organs
A) transvestite B) transgenderist C) hermaphrodite D) transsexual
Cases of extreme isolation teach us that people need
a. caretakers free of speaking or hearing impairments. b. a certain amount of "space.". c. only to have their physical needs met. d. meaningful social contact with others.
The classic sociological theory of illness was first formulated by:
a. Karl Marx. b. Max Weber. c. Talcott Parsons. d. Emile Durkheim.
Similar to Durkheim, Robert Merton proposed that central to understanding deviance was the influence of norms on behavior. Differing from Durkheim, Merton viewed anomie as ______.
A. societal underemphasis on the creation and achievement of success goals B. societal overemphasis on success and underemphasis on the appropriate means to success C. not producing high rates of crime, but encouraging people to follow social norms D. producing deviance that is pathological and always biological